Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video address released Sunday that Canada’s strong economic ties to the United States were once a strength but are now a weakness that must be corrected.

In the 10-minute address, Carney spoke about his government’s efforts to strengthen the Canadian economy by attracting new investments and signing trade deals with other countries.

“The world is more dangerous and divided,” Carney said. “The U.S. has fundamentally changed its approach to trade, raising its tariffs to levels last seen during the Great Depression.

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    4 hours ago

    US is going to collapse soon enough and Canadas going to have a major humanitarian crisis along its border.

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      It’ll be more like a civil war we’ll get dragged into, I think. But either way, it’s going to be absolutely brutal.

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        Just need to regularly place signs along the border with the temperature forecast (in Celsius) and the current gas prices (converted to gallons). Should scare most of em off.